Art Works
Art Works is a TV show on ABC Comedy. The program has been available since 2023. A total of 50 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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This week, a Shakespearean classic gets a musical makeover; we meet painter Kurt Boseke and photographer and costume-maker Gerwyn Davies; and we head to Western Sydney's Mt Druitt for community arts festival FUNPARK.
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30:00The ballet basics explained; theatre designer Jonathon Oxlade shares insights into his craft; rapper Tasman Keith takes us home to Bowraville; and critic Keva York chats Korean cinema and true crime adaptations with Namila.
29:00Namila meets dancer Rodney Bell at disability arts festival Alter State; we experience Tasmania with Rooke Circus; art meets science at Tarrawarra; and sculptor Luke Whitten honours Country, melding old and new materials.
31:00This week, Virginia Gay's Cyrano finally takes the stage; acclaimed virtuoso William Barton collaborates with his mum; we meet terrazzo master David Humphries; and explore a Handmade Universe at the State Library of Victoria.
27:00We get a pint-sized perspective on Waru, Bangarra's new show for kids; learn more about Janice Wong's delicious art practice; meet Nadurna's Ryhia Dank; and visit restaurateur and art enthusiast Ben Nguyen.
30:00Steph Tisdell visits Brisbane Festival; meet artist Olana Janfa; Club Weld and River City Voices collaborate; plus the Tennant Creek Brio.
29:00We visit Light at ACMI; meet graphic artist and activist Sam Wallman; go behind-the-scenes with Somebody's Daughter, the theatre company supporting women in and out of prison; plus, Fiona Hall & AJ King's MONA collaboration.
30:00Namila heads to McClelland to meet Fiona Foley; a musician turned molecular biologist finds inspiration in the coronavirus genome; portraits of country pub patrons; and a visit to Broome Performing Arts Co.
29:00A fashion designer makes a suit for Joan as Policewoman. A First Nations play shows queer teen love during colonisation. An artist plays a piano that is on fire, before another invites people to cure their ailments with art.
29:00Learn how Sydney Theatre Company created their latest work of "cine-theatre"; how sheds have been turned into unique music venues; about the art underpinning freestyle football; and about Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam.
29:00Hear from the creator of the Aussie musical about fandom that has fostered its own devotees; a Canberra coin designer; and amateur musicians who performed with the WASO, as well as poems from the National Poetry Month Gala.
29:00Artist Kathryn Del Barton talks about her debut feature film Blaze; we meet the now-Australia-based Zahra Elham, the first woman to win Afghan Star; and Sarah L'Estrange unpacks the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Award.
29:00We meet 80-year-old artist and furniture maker Gay Hawkes, and learn how artists like Abdul Abdullah work at the nexus of art and tech. We head to Queensland for a film fest in the outback and the opening event of BLEACH*.
30:00It's Arts Week on Art Works! We check out a new stage adaptation of Looking for Alibrandi; head to Minjerribah to see Megan Cope build an oyster reef on Country; and explore National Gallery of Victoria's Queer exhibition.
31:00We meet the award-winning Back to Back Theatre; slow fashion designer Noah Johnson; and Koori artist S.J Norman, who takes us through his language reclamation work. We also visit experimental art and music fest Soft Centre.
29:00We head to Brisbane Street Art Festival, and find out about Jess Ribeiro's day job. We talk to theatre group Second Echo Ensemble about their latest show Outside Boy, before Miles Brown teaches us how to play the theremin.
29:00We visit Dark Mofo to watch Alex Podger combine art, fire and ritual; Rising for a new work of dance and drums; and Sydney to check out an intimate music venue, and see Naomi Hobson's Adolescent Wonderland at Cement Fondu.
30:00We revisit some great stories from the regions. Meet artist Christopher Zanko, photographer Sammy Hawker and sign-writer Graeme McCullough. Plus, we head to Bundanon Art Museum and Parrtjima festival in the Red Centre.
30:00We flash back to some great First Nations stories. Meet artists Dylan Mooney and Katie West, plus Aretha Brown and musician Emma Donovan, who talk album covers. Also, visit Eucalyptusdom and National Indigenous Art Triennial.
30:00Sampa the Great shares how reconnecting with her heritage influenced her latest album. We check out an AFL-inspired "living sculpture" at Rising. Benjamin Law and Vanessa Alexander unpack how to tell real stories on screen.